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Last week was weird...
Aug. 31st, 2015 01:59 pm So last week was very strange. I got home from work early on Thursday afternoon, and I all I wanted to do was sleep. The previous night I hadn't gotten any sleep at all so I was a zombie the next day. When I got home I took a short nap, and woke to my mom talking on the phone with someone that sounded like they were very angry. It turns out it was one of those scams when people say that they're from the IRS, and you owe them a bunch of money. First of all the IRS wouldn't call you, they would just take your money from your bank account if you owed them because they're the fucking IRS. Since I was just waking up I didn't really know what was going on until I saw my mom in tears telling me to go get my dad. Turns out they told her if she didn't pay them $5,000 that day they were going to take her to jail. My mom believed them, and was in tears. The IRS doesn't really work like that, but these are dubious folks trying to get money so yeah. I got my dad, and my parents actually proceeded to go to the ATM. That's when I woke up, and thought about it and realized it was probably someone trying to scam them.
I called them frantically telling them that it was a scam, and that I looked on the IRS website, and they stated that it was a scam. Long story short they didn't give them anything, and my dad cursed the guy on the phone out because of how aggressive they were being. My mom was a nervous wreck the whole day. I was sleep deprived, and my anxiety was through the roof at this point. So yeah, people are apparently so horrible that they love to scam people into giving them money by pretending to work for the government. If I would have answered the phone I'm sure I would have told them to fuck right off, and that I don't have any money. These people are horrible ugh...
On a lighter note I bought a new amplifier for my guitar! It's a VOX pathfinder amp, and it got a lot of good reviews so I figured I would go with that one. Learning guitar is coming along. I learned a bit of a Cure song the other day! I was so proud of myself for making progress. I still have a long way to go, and I have to keep telling myself that It's going to take some time to get to where I want to be with guitar. I've been playing bass for 15 years so it's like second nature. Anyway I hope you guys are doing well. Last week was crazy, and I'm glad it's over xD!
I called them frantically telling them that it was a scam, and that I looked on the IRS website, and they stated that it was a scam. Long story short they didn't give them anything, and my dad cursed the guy on the phone out because of how aggressive they were being. My mom was a nervous wreck the whole day. I was sleep deprived, and my anxiety was through the roof at this point. So yeah, people are apparently so horrible that they love to scam people into giving them money by pretending to work for the government. If I would have answered the phone I'm sure I would have told them to fuck right off, and that I don't have any money. These people are horrible ugh...
On a lighter note I bought a new amplifier for my guitar! It's a VOX pathfinder amp, and it got a lot of good reviews so I figured I would go with that one. Learning guitar is coming along. I learned a bit of a Cure song the other day! I was so proud of myself for making progress. I still have a long way to go, and I have to keep telling myself that It's going to take some time to get to where I want to be with guitar. I've been playing bass for 15 years so it's like second nature. Anyway I hope you guys are doing well. Last week was crazy, and I'm glad it's over xD!
